Zambia Law Development Commission Act (Cap. 32).
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Legislation
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Abstract
This Act establishes the Zambia Law Development Commission as a body corporate and defines functions and powers of the Commission. The commission shall be mainly active in law development and shall make recommendations on new and more effective methods of administration of the law and the dispensation of justice that should be adopted and legislated. It shall, among other things, revise and reform the law in Zambia and codify unwritten laws in Zambia. It shall make recommendations on socio-political values of the Zambian people that should be incorporated into legislation.
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Long title of text
An Act to establish the Zambia Law Development Commission; to define the functions of the Zambia Law Development Commission; to repeal and replace the Law Development Commission and Institute for Legislative Drafting Act and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
Notes
Consolidated version of Act 11 of 1996 as amended by Act 38 of 1996.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No